Crime Rates at Pease Close, Pontefract, WF8 3QA

Pease Close area has the 41st highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Pontefract North , and the 438th highest crime rate of 1,126 local areas in Wakefield .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pease Close (WF8 3QA) in the last 12 months was 106.2 per 1,000 residents and was 27.4% lower than the Pontefract North average (146.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 75.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pease Close (WF8 3QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hill Close, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Primrose Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.